Disclosure of Information from Education Records to Parents of Postsecondary Students
U.S. Department of Education
Many questions have arisen concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the federal law that protects the privacy of students' education records. On this Web page, the U.S. Department of Education clarifies what FERPA says about postsecondary institutions sharing information with parents.
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